Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-28

What She Wrote Mr.. Goldman Concerning
Their Happy Times.

Their Happy Times.
The Probate court room OF Suffolk
County was crowded to overfowing on
Tuesday, says q Boston special, by men
and women who came to listen to the read
ing of the trunkfull OF loye-letters that were
put in evidence in the Goldman will case.
Mrs. Goldman, who is contesting the will
of her husband, which leaves his estate Of
half million to Mrs. E. A. Kimball, was
present ond wopt frequently. The letters
in maay parts are unit Tor publication.
and during the reading of some of them the
women present were compelled to hide their
faces, but still seemed to enjoy it.
The following is q sample of the style of
the letters which Mrs. KimbalI wrote to
Mr.. Goldman. They are signed by various
endearing terms:
mo. 346.
"FR1DAY MORNING. March 6, 1874.
"Dearest-Your note received. am not
coming to-day, as l want you to do some
thing else but attend to women, and have
one of my aunts from Providence to pass
the night and tomorrow with me. II II
want to be Christian don't know a bet
ter way than to be kind toward her. You
can't ina CINE how distasteful it ia to come.
I will come tomorrow at 3, however, as l
suppose my aunt will go home on the
train. think one woman ought to an
swer you. I should dislike SO many
around. If / can get out l shall take this
myself. As [ am not sure OF my time, you
must not wait. Take a vacation to-day,
precious. Tuesday will do for me to re-
main at home, but l don't like
for her to dictate what days you shall
stay. Seems to me you are fearfully
afraid. Truly you are slave. You CAM
do as you like with your money. your
| time or your person. should like a man
| who could do as he pleases, because. il he
loved me he would wish to please me, but
don't want any slave. But yet will come
| tomorrow and see what is to be done about
all this. "Yours. VIoLETTE.
The letters, to the number OF 500, are
| file with ailusions to the unholy passion
which united the two. In one place Mrs.
Kimball speaks of feeling convinced OF the
guilt of Mr. Beecner and drawing con-
clusion to suit her own case. In another
letter she says:
| "You must not look on the sick side Of
your life too much, but 60 out u little ev-
ery day for your health, as well as to be
able to keep your half right for the better
half's sake. Logic. Take it and be careful
it don't hurt you. Tablespoonful every
hour, well shaken. From your own
Again:
.Tcanno keep away from you. 1want to
live in youtand you in me, my sweet boy.
You would have been proud" she
writes. "if you could have heard the nice
things have had said to me about
but don't care for beauty"
| Under date of Msrch 3, 1874, Mrs. Kim
ball writes:
"Dearest-I am sorry that you feel that
do not love you, as l can't think OF any
proof of my love than that never think
look nor have vi it me any other man
1 have given such different manners to
everybody that don't have even letter
from any body. Perhaps l am not living
as might be- but l feel that there is an
other woman about, and l am miserable
over Thornton's death. and it is hard fol
me to be gay and joyous. Spring has al
ways been my delight: